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Articles
from Draft NOtices, January-March 2015

Kidnapped Student Teachers in México: An Inside Perspective

— Luis Villanueva Rodríguez

For many, the September killings of three and disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers College in the Méxican state of Guerrero has been profoundly painful and tragic. My feelings of outrage and despair are also deep because I was educated in one of Ayotzinapa’s sister schools. -Full
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Changing Recruitment Policies in Schools: One Phone Call and Email at a Time

— Kate Connell

In the spring of 2014, I went to observe a career day at Santa Barbara High School, where my son is enrolled. The Marines and the Navy recruiters were also there. They were soliciting student contact information. I told them that under the school’s existing recruiting protocol they were not allowed to get student information directly from students,-Full
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U.S. Militarism and the International Sex Industry

— Karen Guzman

It is clear why the United States of America has been given global recognition as the country with the most powerful military in the world. Aside from having the most weapons, aircraft, and satellites, the United States’ military presence worldwide has expanded so much that it has earned it the status of a modern-day imperialist nation -Full
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